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“Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds. Pity the nation that needs to jail those who ask for justice, while communal killers, mass murderers, corporate scamsters, looters, rapists, and those who prey on the poorest of the poor roam free.” Arundhati Roy, Booker-prize winning novelist, October 2010.

— Arundhati Roy, Booker-prize winning novelist, October 2010.

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Odimegwu Onwumere writes from Rivers State, Nigeria. As the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway gets messier in traffic gridlock due to the dilapidated nature of the road between Oyigbo in Rivers State and Asa, in Abia State, where I shuttle most time, I resorted to riding my own ‘Okada’ to work. Any […]

New EU regulations are coming into force on 29th September 2014 to boost the viability of alternative fuels for vehicles across Europe. EU member states will require national action plans to show how they are building refuelling and recharging points (electricity, natural gas and hydrogen).

Hydrogen-powered vehicles are available and suitable for everyday use right now – this was the key message I took away from the hydrogen fuel-cell stand at the European Innovation Convention in Brussels 10-11 March 2014. The stand – presented by the European (and rather awkwardly named) Fuel Cells and Hydrogen […]

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an internal-combustion engine that emits less than half the CO2 compared to a regular vehicle engine without compromising performance. This corresponds to fuel consumption of less than 2.4 l per 100 km. Starting from a VW Golf diesel engine, this natural-gas/diesel hybrid makes use […]

Mention a motor-tricycle to most people and they will think of some kind of novel disabled person’s vehicle. The Can-Am Spyder, however, is nothing like that. A high-performance “recreational vehicle” that you can drive with a car licence, the Spyder is built along the same lines as the old Morgan […]